Artiste manager, Enock Agyepong has questioned why there was no representative from the music sector to be part of the Film Classification Committee inaugurated on May 14, 2020.
The twelve-member Film Classification Committee which was set up by the governing board of the National Film Authority is expected to ensure an effective classification of films and audio-visual contents that comes into the Ghanaian market and the media landscape.
The Entertainment pundit in a post on his Facebook Timeline said his only issue is with the Classification of Music Videos by a Committee that has no representative with music experience.
“Our only problem is with the classification of MUSIC videos by a board that has nobody with MUSIC business background on it.” He posted on Facebook
Mr. Agyepong outlined three reasons why he thinks the Film Classification Committee should have a person with music know-how as a member.
“First and foremost Music business is a complex specialized field and every day things keep changing in that industry so you always need to keep yourself updated with their issues.
“Secondly, it will spell doom for the Music Industry since their ignorance will only worsen our already deteriorating state since we have to conform to international best practices.
“Thirdly nobody is talking about how good the music production is just like the same is not being said about how good their movie productions are.” He stated
The CEO of Speech Productions also asked why the Committee wants music videos to be tagged with a specific classification from the start to the end of every music video.
According to him, pay-Tv music video television channels like Trace Tv, MTV Base, and others do their own classification according to their jurisdiction and audience.
“Look, we send our videos to Trace, MTV Base, and the rest and they do their own classification according to their jurisdiction and audience. They don’t place PG etc tags directly on our videos,” Mr. Agyepong added
He advised the Film Classification Committee led by Socrate Safo to deal directly with the Ghanaian Television channel owners with regards to music videos and ratings.

Source: Kasapa FM

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